About / Visual Arts / Patrick Dougherty Exhibition

Upcoming Installation

Work by Patrick Dougherty

Installation Dates: May 9-29, 2012

Full Court Press, 2001, Patrick Dougherty

“Sticks are something we all have in common. Everybody knows sticks - the twigs and branches picked up on grandfather's farm; the branches woven in grandmother's basket. Somewhere threaded in all the public mass is a common thread, and that thread is the human spirit.” – Patrick Dougherty

Patrick has been commissioned to create a specific on site art installation by Walton Arts Center. Patrick will be an artist in residence for the month of May 2012. From locating and gathering the saplings to guiding numerous supporters and volunteers through the construction process, Patrick will create a unique semi permanent installation for Walton Arts Center and our community.

SPECIAL NOTICE

Community volunteers will be needed for this project for the gathering period that includes cutting, bundling and transporting materials, during the construction for building, weaving and cleaning up the site. All interested volunteers must fill out a survey in order to be considered for a Stickwork volunteer position. The survey can be found on the Volunteer Information page at www.artospherefestival.org.
 

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Combining his carpentry skills with his love of nature, Patrick Dougherty began to learn about primitive techniques of building and to experiment with tree saplings as construction material. Beginning about 1980 with small works, fashioned in his backyard, he quickly moved from single pieces on conventional pedestals to monumental site-specific installations that require sticks by the truckload. To date he has built over two hundred such massive sculptures all over the world and received numerous awards, including a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant and NEA Fellowship. Princeton Architectural Press published a major survey of Patrick and his work in a 2009 book entitled Stickwork.

His home base is his handmade house of log in Chapel Hill, NC where he lives with his wife Linda and son Sam.

LINKS

Artist Website: http://www.stickwork.net/

Kyle Kellam’s of Ozarks at Large interviews Patrick Dougherty- Listen Here

NYTimes Article: Building With Sticks and Stones